Can or container



W. H. LAZARUS.

CAN 0R CONTAINER.

Iiaented J an. 27',v 1920.

m IIIIII IIIIIIIIIIII o j "lill-lill APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1919. 1,328,881.

accordance with and embodyi UNITED STATES PATENT oEEicE.l

WILLIS' H. ,LAZARUS, vOF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; ASSIGNOR TO S. PFEIFFER MANUFAC- TURIN G COMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI. t

CAN 4OIR. CONTAINER.

' 4 v specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 27, 1920.

Application led March 27, 1919. Serial No. 285,442.

To all whom t may concern. v v

Be 'it known that I, WILLIS H. LAzARUs, a citizen of. the ,United States, residing at the 'city of St. Lo`u-is,.State of Missouri, have invented a certaiii new and useful Improvement in Cans or Containers, of which the *following is aspeciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, formmg apart thereof. This invention .relates generally to containers and, more particularly, to a certain new and useful improvement' in cans. af

The principal` object of my present invention is to provide a simple, mexpensive,

and eiicient can vor container having a vfixed spout-containing and concealing chamber 'or compartment formed within the canbody, and a movable spout, the spout being'adapfed to occupy such chamber or compartment and the spout-opening or neck of the can being closed by a caporother closure when the can is not in use, whereby the can may be conveniently handled and compactly stored in shipment or in trade, and the spout being readily accessible on 'removal of the can? olosureand facilely threaded or otherwise manipulated to full -operative or .working position relatively to thel can or container when the canor container is to be used. With the above and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of 'parts hereinafter described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a'svertical sectional view of-a can, fragmenta'rily' shown, constructed-@in my invention, the can being fclosed an the spout occupying its containing chamber; and

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the can as when in use, the spout being in o erative `or working position relatively to t e can. l Referring toxthe said drawing, in which like reference'characters referto the same parts throughout the several views,- 1 in-y dicates a .suitable can, 'shown only vfragf mentarily forpurposes of illustration, .provided or formed at itsdto with an -upsstanding neck 2 spun, crimpe ,or otherwise provided circumferentially with threads3 and bent inwardly or inturned at its upper end to provide an annular'flange 4f..

Disposed partly within 'he neck and member 5 adapted to 'provide the spout-containing chamber or compartment of the can. This member 5, throughout the upper portion of its length, is spun, crimped, or otherwise providedv circumferentially with threads 6, andat its upper fend is bent outwardly to provide an annular flange 7, the fmember 5 being supported and vpreferably soldered or otherwiseixe'd at its flange 7 upon and to the ange 4 of the can-neck 2.

Throughout the remaining portion of its length, ,the member 5 is preferably smooth and plain and at its lower end .is inturned, as at 8, to provide a seat or support for a coiled spring or other suitable elastic or resilient member 9 disposed preferably loosely within'the chamber or cmpartmentso provided or' formed -by the member 5.

Also disposed within the tube or chamber 5 and upon the spring or other member 9, is a suitable ring` orv gasket'lO; and also loosely disposed within the tube orchamber 5 to rest upon the gasket 10, when the can is not in use, is a tapering spout 11 having 'a suitably enlarged and' circumferentially threaded non-tapering lower portion 0r extension 12 of a diameter ytol fit and threadedly engage-the upper threaded vthetube or chamber 5.

Whenl the can is not in use, as, for-"instance, during shipment or storage, the lspout 11 is adapted to4 occupy the chamber or Vcompartment 5, as illustrated-in Fig. 1, the spring 9 being correspondingly under comV ressioii, and the spout being entirely concea ed from view and held in s uch described position and the can and its chamber 5 and spoijt 11 being tightly sealed against leakage b'y-a preferably cork-containing cap or'others'uitable sclosure 13- adapted, as shown, to engage the v threaded neck 2 of the can; Whenttliecan portion 6 of is to-be used,"the cap or closurelsl is removed from the can, whereupon the s 'ut 11,

under the expansion of'spring9, wi l be resiliently elevated to a position relatively to by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to 'be conveniently the upper end of the chamber 5, as indicated engaged by the user and thenreadilyand easilythreaded at itsportion or extension 12 int engagement'with the Athreaded or,-

` tion 6 of tube or chamber 5 and so manipulated to full operative or working position relatively to the can, as illustrated in 2.

With the spout 11 in such described, -full operative` oi-"working position, the oil Orv11\ '-especiall when the can is partly empty, I

preferab y, provide the chamber or tube '5 with one or more side intake-ports or apertures, as at 14.

I am aware that minor changes 1n the form, construction, arrangement, andl combination of the several parts of my new can may be ma-de and substituted for those here in shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention. A

Having thus describedl my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a container, a tubular spout-containing chamber .disposed within, and having` communication with the interior of, the container, the upper portion of the wall of the chamber having threads, and a tapering spout having an enlarged. threaded extension at its lower end, the spout and its extension being adapted to loosely fit within and occupy the chamber when the container is not in use and being movable outwardly relatively to the container and chamber to provide a nozzle-outlet for the container when the container is in use, the spout, when in such latter position, having threaded'` supporting engagement at its sald extension with the threaded upper portion of the wall of the chamber,

2. In combination with a container having an upstanding neck, a tubular member fixed to the neck and having athreaded vupper portion disposed within the neck and a smooth lower portion disposed within the body of the container, said member having communication with the interior of the can and providing a spout-containing chamber,

V and a tapering spout having a non-taperingenlarged threaded extension at its lower end, the spout and its extension bein adapted to fit loosely within and occupy t e chamber when the container is not in use and being movable outwardly relatively to the container and chamber to provide a nozzle-outl let for the container .when the container is in use, the spout, when in such latter position, having` threaded supporting engagement at its said extension with the threaded upper portion of the chamber.

3. In combination with a container hav- A ing an upstanding neck, a tubular member fixed to the neck and having a threadedupper portion disposed within the neck and a.

smooth lower portion disposed within the body of the container, said member having communication with the interior of the container and being flanged inwardly to provide a seat at its lower end, a tapering spout I having a non-tapering enlarged threaded eX- tension at its'lower end, the spout and its extension being disposed for movement rela# tively to the container and said member and adapted to lit loosely lwithin said member when the container is'not in use, a cap adapted forengagement with the neck t0 provide- `a closure for the neck and for the upper end of said member when the container is not in use, `and a sprlng dlsposed within said member and upon said seat for yieldingly mov-` i ing the spout and said extension out.- wardly relatively to the container and said member onl removal of the cap, the spout, when so moved outwardly, being adapted to provide a nozzle-outlet for the container and when in such position having threaded supporting engagement at its said extension with the threaded upper portion of saidmember. A

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.l I

WILLIS H. LAzARUsg 

